Archives|CORTELYOU TO HEAD CONSOLIDATED GAS?; Friends Hear That He's to be the Next President, and He Won't Deny It. DIRECTORS DON'T CONFIRM Company's Lawyers Meantime in Conference as to What to Advise on the 80-Cent Gas Decision.

CORTELYOU TO HEAD CONSOLIDATED GAS?; Friends Hear That He's to be the Next President, and He Won't Deny It. DIRECTORS DON'T CONFIRM Company's Lawyers Meantime in Conference as to What to Advise on the 80-Cent Gas Decision.

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Jan. 13, 1909

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. -- Friends of George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of the Treasury, heard to-day on what seemed to be sufficient authority that he is to become President of the Consolidated Gas Company. When the report was carried to Mr. Cortelyou by THE TIMES correspondent to-night he declined to discuss it in any way, neither confirming nor denying it. View Full Article in Timesmachine »